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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pocket Change, post: 230222, member: 8012&quot;]Drusus, apparently I have way too much time on my hands tonight <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Concerning that medal with 1858-1883.&nbsp; Here is what I found out-&gt;</p><p><br /></p><p>You are right that it is Frederich I and his wife Luise.&nbsp; The problem appears to be the 1858 date.&nbsp; Apparently this fellow took over for his brother Ludwig II.&nbsp; You see, Ludwig II had a &quot;mental problem&quot; and at one point was deemed unfit for rule.&nbsp; Herein lies the problem.&nbsp; Different places on the Internet give different dates for the handover as I&#039;m guessing there probably wasn&#039;t a specific date when this happened, but it probably just sort of happened over time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyways, sources seem to cite 1856-1858 as the time he took over.</p><p><br /></p><p>Next, the 1883 was a bit of a head scratcher as nothing seemed to happen on that date.&nbsp; Then it occured to me that 1883 is 25 years after 1858 - silver anniversery of rule or whatever they call it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is one of the links I found:&nbsp; <a href="http://www.btinternet.com/~allan_raymond/Baden_Royal_Family.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.btinternet.com/~allan_raymond/Baden_Royal_Family.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.btinternet.com/~allan_raymond/Baden_Royal_Family.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And BTW the pictures you posted of the guy and his wife seem to be his.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have no idea if this is right or not, but I had a good time at least.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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